Prise de la tour de Malakoff

This image shows a modern photograph of a work by Horace Vernet identified on Wikimedia Commons as “Verovering van de toren van Malakoff” (“Capture of the Tower of Malakoff”). The composition depicts the victorious assault on a fortified position during the Crimean War, with French soldiers raising the flag on top of a mound covered with dead and wounded men. The image emphasizes the heroization of the assault, the violence of combat, and the symbolism of military conquest. The Commons file is not an isolated reproduction of the painting, but a photograph taken at the Musée Rolin by Paul Hermans on 27 October 2016. The painting depicted, by Horace Vernet, is in the public domain, while the photograph in the file is published under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.